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  • Collection: Library of Congress

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"As sung by Ben Cotton." Also includes: Poor old Joe. American Song Sheets, Series 1, Volume 4

Deer Lodge, May 17, 1889.jpg
Notice of the upcoming appearance of the Ben Cotton Dramatic Company, Cottonwood Hall, Deer Lodge, MT.

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Masthead, "Ethiopian" Black babies portrayed as angels play bones and tamborine.
25 x 15.6 cm.

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A black minstrel plays the banjo on the street below the balcony where his lover listens in rapture.
25 x 15.6 cm.

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Right margin, depicting black Shakespearian "Juliet," listening in rapture as her Romeo performs below on a banjo.
25 x 15.6 cm.
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